Introduction and Inspirations on the Organization Forms of American Licensed Pharmacist Examination

OBJECTIVE: To introduce the organization forms of American pharmacist licensure examination and give us several inspirations.METHODS:By the literature review,the legal basis for examination,methods and characteristics of examination of licensed pharmacists in USA were introduced.RESULTS CONCLUSIONS: The Model State Pharmacy Act lays the legal foundation for American licensed pharmacist examination.Pharmacists must pass NAPLEX and MPJE to obtain licensed pharmacist qualifications.The former examination questions are mainly put forwards in form of cases,and 2 kinds of examination both are one choice.The knowledge and skill of students are tested by computer and adapting examination questions effectively.It gives us the inspiration that our licensed pharmacist examination should focus more on practice than theory;the examination add questions about the trend of the future test,and more flexible and scientific model with computer should be established.